NYR #5: January new recipes

Ok, I did it!  Five new recipes for January: Funfetti cake, Meghan's famous frosting, crock pot BBQ chicken, Giada's chocolate brownie pop cookies, and spaghetti carbonara pie.

the Funfetti cake was for J/G bday party

I would definitely make this again.  It was fun and festive
and made a good-sized 9" 4-layer cake.

The spaghetti carbonara pie was just for a normal weekday
meal.  I didn't like it very much (not a fan of carbonara, not
even when I had it in Rome) so we won't make it again.

The brownie pops (here in simple sandwich
form) were very very good!!  

The cousins enjoyed the BBQ chicken sandwiches, and I
enjoyed that they came from the crock pot!

For the brownie pops recipe, I only made the cookie portion of the recipe (not the fillings).  I used leftover frosting for the filling.  I would like to try the white-chocolate ganache filling sometime...but not the strawberry preserves.  Fruit and chocolate do not mix in this house!!!  ;o)

The BBQ chicken sandwiches were good, and it was especially helpful that I made this over the weekend and had it ready to reheat for our busy Wednesday dinner.  Wednesdays we add 2 cousins to our dinnertime routine, and Marcus is frequently out of town, so I have been making more meals on the weekends...an age-old tip that really works!  I don't have a link to the recipe, but if anyone is interested, I can post it.  Just a simple chicken-in-crockpot type meal, with a homemade sauce that was as good as you can get when using a crock pot (then thickened on the stovetop).

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In sum, I will most definitely make the cake, frosting, cookies, and BBQ chicken again.  Especially the cookies...with the frosting!  Yum!

We've been working on February new recipes but haven't quite made 5 of them yet.  You'll see the February creations sometime in March.  I have some more winners!